Also 5 bokesy, 6–7 boccasin(e. [a. Sp. bocací cotton stuff used for lining, (also of its Fr. form boccasin (Cotgr.), now boucassin), a. Turk. bōḥāsī or bōghāsī cotton cloth (Kieffer el Bianchi).] ‘A kind of fine Buckeram, that hath a resemblance of taffata, and is much used for lining.’ Cotgr.
1485. Inv., in Ripon Ch. Acts, 366. viij ulnæ de blakke bokesye . una toga lyned cum bokesy.
1611. Cotgr., Boccasin, Boccasin.
1714. French Bk. Rates, 36. Boucasin-stuff per Piece of 12 Ells.
1721. Bailey, Boccasine, fine Buckram, a sort of Linen Cloth.
1755. Johnson, Bocasine (as in Bailey); and in later Dicts.
